Actor Ken Howard Dies at Age 71

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 3/23/16 at 4:55pm

Tony & Emmy Award winning actor (and president of the Screen Actors Guild) Ken Howard died earlier today. The original Thomas Jefferson in 1776 which he of course got to reprise on screen.

REST IN PACE

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-and-Emmy-Winner-Ken-Howard-Dies-at-71-20160323

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/23/16 at 5:02pm

Saw him in 1776, Seesaw & Promises Promises. I also remember him from The White Shadow. He was also in a series called Cane on CBS which also started Rita Moreno and Jimmy Smits.

A large loss for the acting community . R.I.P.

Updated On: 3/23/16 at 05:02 PM

[Carlos Danger]

Posted: 3/23/16 at 5:34pm

Sad news. He was a favorite, especially in "1776". He co-starred with Gwyneth Paltrow frequently and her husband Bruce created "The White Shadow". Aside from "1776" he co-starred with Paltrow in the short lived ABC situation comedy, "Adam's Rib".

May he R.I.P.

 

 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 3/23/16 at 5:42pm

 He co-starred with Gwyneth Paltrow

 

You meant to say actress Blythe Danner - actress Gwyneth Paltrow's mother.  

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 3/23/16 at 6:26pm

He is so great in the SEESAW cast album and in everything else I've seen him in. I always loved his appearances at the SAG Awards. RIP, Mr. Howard, thank you for the great work you left behind.

[mamaleh]

Posted: 3/23/16 at 6:39pm

Sad news.  I admired his performances in 1776, CHILDS PLAY and SEESAW.  Sympathies to his family.  

[10086sunset]

Posted: 3/23/16 at 6:42pm

Shame. He will be missed.

He was rather passionate regarding the Sag-Aftra merger. 

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 3/23/16 at 6:53pm

He was absolutely hysterical in the later seasons of 30 Rock. Never realized that was Jefferson!

[sueb1863]

Posted: 3/23/16 at 7:19pm

RIP. Thought he was great in 1776 and The White Shadow. Seemed like a truly classy guy.

[EditGrl]

Posted: 3/23/16 at 9:26pm

So sad. I had a chance to meet him after a performance of 1776 at Ford's Theatre a few years ago, and he was nothing but gracious in the face of a 30-something woman babbling about how that show changed her life.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/23/16 at 10:26pm

 

I saw him first when I was a teenager as the handsome heroic gym teacher at a Catholic boys' school where the boys were possessed by the devil.

 



 

You can probably see why I was so captivated by him and then again by his performance in Seesaw.

[ChgoTheatreGuy]

Posted: 3/23/16 at 11:22pm

He was probably my very first crush when I saw the film version of "1776", I thought that his red hair was amazing (I didn't know it was a wig).  I watched every episode of "Adam's Rib" and "The White Shadow".  He was such an amazing actor!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 3/24/16 at 10:18pm

I had the pleasure of working with Ken Howard at the Gateway Playhouse in 1966. He played Joe Cable in South Pacific. May he rest in peace.